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chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were confirming him as secretary of defense for israel i couldn't count how many times he said all options are on the table with regards to iran again and again saying a strike on iran is an option an option that he had previously called irresponsible by the way here's what chuck hagel repeating throughout the hearing get the united nations behind you get the inte
chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting...
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burke and previously chuck hagel voted against sanctions but today's chuck hagel as we found out during this hearing is for sanctions to those who believe mr haye go was in favor of direct negotiations with iran as he had previously claimed he was he offered a correction a very big one he tried to blur his response as much as he could here's what he said i don't have a problem with engaging i think great powers engaging engagement is clearly in our interest that's not negotiation engagement is not appeasement engagement is not sure under so no direct negotiations with iran here's another example of how chuck hagel had to walk back on some of his previous statements at one time he said and this is become a famous quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of is world and of quote here's chuck hagel during this confirmation hearing noted that i. that i should have used another term and i'm sorry and i regret i mean do your use of intimidation.
burke and previously chuck hagel voted against sanctions but today's chuck hagel as we found out during this hearing is for sanctions to those who believe mr haye go was in favor of direct negotiations with iran as he had previously claimed he was he offered a correction a very big one he tried to blur his response as much as he could here's what he said i don't have a problem with engaging i think great powers engaging engagement is clearly in our interest that's not negotiation engagement is...
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misinterpreted someone's joke about chuck hagel as association with a group of friends of hamas and they were in such a rush to break this story that they failed to check whether the group even exists and it doesn't so chuck hagel has been under attack not just for his previous statements but also for what he had never said and done. so the next defense secretary will have to deal with one notorious company long accused of manipulating the relationship with the government to get out of trouble part of his contract of a cause me the new name of blackhole to escape with little more than a slap on the wrist of a new arms smuggling scandal and michael o'brien and also the book called america's failure in the wrong things it's essentially immune to prosecution. they're just follow on charges after the the debacle at mr square in baghdad september of two thousand and seven. course that was where the seventeen iraqis were were killed you can say they were you know murdered needlessly killed whatever the case may be these are follow on charges that were. pushed against blackwater course tha
misinterpreted someone's joke about chuck hagel as association with a group of friends of hamas and they were in such a rush to break this story that they failed to check whether the group even exists and it doesn't so chuck hagel has been under attack not just for his previous statements but also for what he had never said and done. so the next defense secretary will have to deal with one notorious company long accused of manipulating the relationship with the government to get out of trouble...
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for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defensive. i mean doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united stat
for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of...
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a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this repenting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he had taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hagel has done one senator said he almost had tears
a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through...
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senators to confirm chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense when the filibuster comes to an end after the vote now drew the ire of republicans from the i'll set out from the start as some of his views put him at all odds with his own party meanwhile a lackluster performance at his initial confirmation hearing didn't help either party's going to have the details. you will be confirmed there is no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this repenting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he had taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hague old has done one senator said he almost had tears in
senators to confirm chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense when the filibuster comes to an end after the vote now drew the ire of republicans from the i'll set out from the start as some of his views put him at all odds with his own party meanwhile a lackluster performance at his initial confirmation hearing didn't help either party's going to have the details. you will be confirmed there is no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through during these...
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misinterpreted someone's joke about chuck hagel as association with a group of friends of hamas and they were in such a rush to break the story that they failed to check whether the group even exists and it doesn't so chuck hagel has been under attack not just for his previous statements but also for what he had never said and done. if confirmed as the next u.s. secretary of defense hagel will have to cope with a company long accused of using his cozy government ties to dodge the hands of justice last week the part private contractor firm academy formerly known infamously so as blackwater escaped with little more than a slap on the wrist over a new arms smuggling scandal michael o'brien is the author of a book called america's failure in iraq and he thinks it's essentially immune from prosecution. they're just follow on charges after the the debacle at mr square in the big beard september of two thousand and seven. course that was where the seventeen iraqis were were killed these are follow on charges that were. pushed against blackwater course that that's the old name the company t
misinterpreted someone's joke about chuck hagel as association with a group of friends of hamas and they were in such a rush to break the story that they failed to check whether the group even exists and it doesn't so chuck hagel has been under attack not just for his previous statements but also for what he had never said and done. if confirmed as the next u.s. secretary of defense hagel will have to cope with a company long accused of using his cozy government ties to dodge the hands of...
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chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own fellow republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart as voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears the country's political crisis will negatively impact the euro. and how's this for a minor traffic of fat the shocking video posted by a russian comp all of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous speeds. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said no way our top story this hour chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being narrowly approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iraq it's also just two days before billions of dollars in budget cuts are scheduled to hit the military can now on the clash on capitol hill. chuck hagel was conf
chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own fellow republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart as voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears the country's political crisis will negatively impact the euro. and how's this for a minor traffic of fat the shocking video posted by a russian comp all of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous...
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defense chief sparks a route on capitol hill with some republicans worried chuck hagel foreign policies may be too soft for their liking. forcing their eight year old girl to speed at one hundred kilometers an hour on a snowy road or russian copple have caused anger in the online community with the latest viral video showcasing extreme examples of russian driving. and italy reaches an economic and political dead and as the country's crucial general election delivers no clear winner with the population massively rejecting austerity policies. here with our live from moscow where it's two pm nominees to no way with our top story and capitol hill has been shaken by a major bipartisan clash over the new defense secretary chuck hagel was naturally approved by the senate after coming under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war and the jewish lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iraq on each camp reports chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find a loony wall that a
defense chief sparks a route on capitol hill with some republicans worried chuck hagel foreign policies may be too soft for their liking. forcing their eight year old girl to speed at one hundred kilometers an hour on a snowy road or russian copple have caused anger in the online community with the latest viral video showcasing extreme examples of russian driving. and italy reaches an economic and political dead and as the country's crucial general election delivers no clear winner with the...
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the pentagon is bracing for change chuck hagel will be sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary later on wednesday he's come under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq or to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on much of what he had said before and did it as as even his supporters noted in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the whole confirmation process including
the pentagon is bracing for change chuck hagel will be sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary later on wednesday he's come under fire from fellow republicans for past criticism of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all...
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chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval for his policies are drawing fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's elise in chaos after the parliamentary election fails to produce a clear winner is european leaders fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone expert comment coming home. and. this for a minor literally traffic offense the shocking video posted by a russian couple of their eight year old daughter driving on public roads is it dangerous. even if you just joined us eleven pm now here in moscow it's kevin owen live at r t h q with you in our top story chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being narrowly approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he also could be too soft on iran it's also of course just two days before billi
chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval for his policies are drawing fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's elise in chaos after the parliamentary election fails to produce a clear winner is european leaders fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone expert comment coming home. and. this for a minor literally traffic offense...
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tonight chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval but his policies have drawn fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's amazing chaos tonight after the parliamentary election failed to produce a clear winner as european leaders fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone. this for a minor traffic offense this shocking video posted by a russian couple of eight year old daughter driving dangerously. good evening love you have you with us eight pm wednesday night here in moscow my name's kevin owen you're watching our t.v. our top story than if you just heard chuck hagel now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being naturally approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iran and it's also just two days of course before billions of dol
tonight chuck hagel is officially sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense after winning narrow senate approval but his policies have drawn fire from capitol hill with his own fellow republicans among his most vocal critics. it's amazing chaos tonight after the parliamentary election failed to produce a clear winner as european leaders fear the country's political turmoil could have a strong negative effect on the entire eurozone. this for a minor traffic offense this shocking video posted...
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hagel has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq for example to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on and much of what he had said before and did it in and did it as even his supporters know that in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the whole confirmation process including the attack campaign against him including the filibuster ten days ago showed how intolerant the u.s. congress is of alternative thought on foreign policy ten days ago the senators knew quite well that chuck hagel would eventually be confirmed but they chose to block the vote as many say just to make a point well guy it's probably fair to say that anyone that president obama would have nominated would have been controversial since it's hard to please those lawmakers up there on capitol hill but why do you think the president chose chuck hagel specifically given the
hagel has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq for example to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on and much of what he had said before and did it in and did it as even his supporters know that in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the...
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says john kerry secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. the syrian president bashar assad says his army is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the israeli defense minister today hinting for the first time that his forces were behind this week's attack on its northern neighbor. has the details. it does come from the israeli defense minister it would be iraq and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed
says john kerry secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. the syrian president bashar assad says his army is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the israeli...
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in the us senate republicans have stalled in the tempo of the white house to make chuck hagel the secretary of defense he fell to vote short and said this is decided to win some time to find out more about him if he's going to come on explains those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating treatment that the senators gave chuck hagel two weeks ago at his confirmation hearing this whole process is seen as a message all by itself those lawmakers showed that they could crush anyone who would allow themselves to dissent from washington's core foreign policy beliefs chuck hagel remarks at the confirmation hearing disappointed even his supporters during the hearing which to me seemed like an inclination mr haygood had to backtrack on many of the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and some other foreign pol
in the us senate republicans have stalled in the tempo of the white house to make chuck hagel the secretary of defense he fell to vote short and said this is decided to win some time to find out more about him if he's going to come on explains those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating...
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secretary of state and while defense chief nominee chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate. military force as a last resort a few which is attracting both admiration and criticism among american politicians but some experts believe washington will not scale down its foreign military campaigns no matter who's manning the helm at the pentagon and president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the s
secretary of state and while defense chief nominee chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate. military force as a last resort a few which is attracting both admiration and criticism among american politicians but some experts believe washington will not scale down its foreign military campaigns no matter who's manning the helm at the pentagon and president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending...
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secretary of state this week i will defense chief nominee chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate a kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe he is likely to be rather old school in his approach. you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance between kerry and clinton any more frankly than there was between kind of the so right he said he had already clinton in the last twenty years even in the last since bush and obama what is really change first strike wars in afghanistan and yemen and pakistan and now they're positioning so-called missiles defense which is essentially a first strike weapon targeted assassinations intensified under obama and its assertion of his right to order that shelling of american citizens anywhere in the world is kerry going to stand up and international forums and say no that's wrong we can't do that i don't think so neither did hillary clinton. now paul carrier may be about to pull the plug on the construction of a new nuclear power plant which is being financed by russia despite a natio
secretary of state this week i will defense chief nominee chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate a kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe he is likely to be rather old school in his approach. you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance between kerry and clinton any more frankly than there was between kind of the so right he said he had already clinton in the last twenty years even in the last since bush and...
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policy on iran will change in the second term of obama having chuck hagel as secretary of the well i don't know if i would say will change because i don't think obama has actually been taking a confrontational line with iran but i think any president in his second term is no longer running for the white house he's running for the history books. and that means maybe bolder moves the president has more flexibility to take. new positions and so i do think. president obama will try very hard to come to some kind of a more stable arrangement with iran and in the middle east you were talking about messages that obama but what is the message that well i think alertly sent to the middle east by choosing by obama is sending the message that he's not the president from israel. that while the united states strongly supports israel and is an ally of israel and it will defend israel that the united states has a broader interest in the middle east and that. he the president obama. is . pursuing broad long term american interests in establishing a stable order in the middle east one of the issues t
policy on iran will change in the second term of obama having chuck hagel as secretary of the well i don't know if i would say will change because i don't think obama has actually been taking a confrontational line with iran but i think any president in his second term is no longer running for the white house he's running for the history books. and that means maybe bolder moves the president has more flexibility to take. new positions and so i do think. president obama will try very hard to...
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let me start with this why chuck hagel well i think very important is because president obama likes him and trusts him. and thinks that he. do a good job at the defense department i think we have to remember that chuck hagel was an early supporter of barack obama in two thousand and eight when he was first campaigning for president he traveled with obama to iraq and afghanistan at the time. and it's important that he's a republican and so this demonstrates that the president on the one hand this is able to attract at least some kind of republican support and secondly that the president is able to suck the message through this kind of a point about let's not forget chuck hagel is a veteran of the vietnam war he was a noncommissioned officer in the vietnam war. and as a result of that. he became very very cautious about war. it's he will be the first. non-commissioned officer ever to be secretary of defense i think that's also a very powerful message. and the republicans actually see him as a republican well some republicans do it let me remind you of president ronald reagan who began his
let me start with this why chuck hagel well i think very important is because president obama likes him and trusts him. and thinks that he. do a good job at the defense department i think we have to remember that chuck hagel was an early supporter of barack obama in two thousand and eight when he was first campaigning for president he traveled with obama to iraq and afghanistan at the time. and it's important that he's a republican and so this demonstrates that the president on the one hand...
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secretary of state this week while defense chief nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate kerry took over from hillary clinton but as international studies professor stephen zunes told r.t. he's likely to be very old school in. there is an outspoken supporter of the iraq war and not being among the you know right wing minority of democrats on capitol hill that voted to authorize the war but i don't and not only. making up the stance of tales about massive via logical in chemical weapons stockpiles the nuclear program i'm delivering this test the literary systems that are going but you are going to clear that that was all just often enough so-called writings of mass destruction you said you were for the war in the way because saddam hussein was a terrible that your enemy had to pass the of making this kind of weapon sometimes mention of course i got it right here for one in thirty countries retards here and it's a lose that i have a bill if you're john. kerry was essentially open so the lie that hey you have a right. to criticize the moral and legal arguments no iraq was yours as
secretary of state this week while defense chief nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate kerry took over from hillary clinton but as international studies professor stephen zunes told r.t. he's likely to be very old school in. there is an outspoken supporter of the iraq war and not being among the you know right wing minority of democrats on capitol hill that voted to authorize the war but i don't and not only. making up the stance of tales about massive via logical in chemical weapons...
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hagel might be heading towards iraq more and more in agreement so we do have these fears that they might go yes there is a possibility of the political solution however there might be also one attempt to sabotage a solution by cop out of israel and also turkey and saudi arabia what if perhaps the rebel coalition does become more united said that diplomatic talks could be possible only until the rebels do show some unity if that does happen surely then a diplomatic solution could happen. without what's going on externally that if the rebel coalition does get together and decides to negotiate that could be a major breakthrough that's what obviously would like to happen. yes it could be and i think that we're starting to see that i think that the comments made by our model called the one who said i'm ready to negotiate with the government i think there are those who are very important comments and all the indicators do point out that we have a very very good chance now of actually reaching our you solution however once again i have to say the problem here is part of which is the main financ
hagel might be heading towards iraq more and more in agreement so we do have these fears that they might go yes there is a possibility of the political solution however there might be also one attempt to sabotage a solution by cop out of israel and also turkey and saudi arabia what if perhaps the rebel coalition does become more united said that diplomatic talks could be possible only until the rebels do show some unity if that does happen surely then a diplomatic solution could happen. without...